Crustal structure of the northern part of the Voring Basin, mid-Norway margin, from wide-angle seismic and gravity data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 175-205

  Mjelde, R ^a   Digranes, P ^a   Shimamura, H ^b   Shiobara, H ^b   Kodaira, S ^b,e   Brekke, H ^c   Egebjerg, T ^d   Sorenes N ^c,d   Thorbjornsen S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NPD   (Norway)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NORWEGIAN SEA, VORING BASIN;

EID: 0032529184     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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